Dartmoor National Park Authority

Ranger Service

Hello and welcome from Dartmoor National Park's Ranger Team

Being a Ranger on Dartmoor's 368 square miles offers plenty of challenges and a varied work programme. To find out more about our individual areas, responsibilities and for contact details please see our Ranger Service page, alternatively to find out a little more about our day to day work and news from the ground select from our list of blog entries below.

Current Blog           The Last Post! Dartmoor's elements are a match for all materials.

2010
June          Hi, ho silver! New striking image for the Dartmoor Ranger vehicles but they have more than good looks.
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                 Sustainable Rangers aka these boots were made for walking and then.....! See what can happen to ranger boots after they have been 'retired'!

May        Ten Tors hits the Moor! - How the Rangers helped in the Annual Tens Tors Challenge, where some 2400 young people tackled either a 35, 45,or 55 mile route

April        No Moor jumble please!!! - Rubbish should go to municipal tips not to protected landscapes!
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               MOSAIC on Dartmoor - Volunteers on the Moor come from Plymouth to Afghanistan!

March       No smoke without fire! - Its swaling time on the moor.

February       Volunteers Fly into help - Air cadets help out on the moor.
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                        Adverse weather does not stop work or play! (part two)- Have snowshoes will travel - the tale of how some rangers used all equipment at their disposal to rexcah the far flung parts of the moor in the snow!

January       Adverse weather does not stop work or play!  (part one)- - Volunteer days with the Dartmoor National Park Rangers mean working in ALL weather

2009
December       Cranmere Pool returns! This Dartmoor legend and site of the first letterbox in 1854 is wet again!
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                          Always Learning - Dartmoor National Park Rangers share knowledge and skills on a training day

November       A Good Walk Ruined
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                         A Green Flag Award for Dartmoor Two contrasting blogs of the good and bad of Dartmoor's landscape.

October             Dartmoor Youth Challenge 48 youths accept the 10 mile challenge with the help of a variety of local organisations and businesses.

September                Rangers do it on foot - celebrating Devon Car Free Day!
                                    Meeting the National Park Purposes! Why reckless acts of graffiti are in no-ones interest
                                    Castaway on Dartmoor! Find out which TV personality relied on Ranger expertise for guidance on the Moor

August                        Climbing stiles or opening gates? Checking that the field furniture is in good repair.
                                    Evening patrols, more than just a chance to admire the sunset! Rangers dont finish their job at 5pm.

July                            All clear? Checking the 700km of paths in the National Park. Out checking paths with the Ranger service
                                   Working with the Princes Trust. Two weeks of community project work

June                        Back To The Future…..It does what it says on (in) the tin! Burying the Haytor time capsule

May                        Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskerville. Rangers take the media on a mystery tour
                               To Dam or not to Dam? Getting school children to consider how a planning decision could affect their environment

April                    Getting the walking boots on! Keeping a track on moorland burning
                            Safety First! Rangers have to keep their equipment and qualifications up to date

March                Patience and Ponies! Managing a site for damselflies

February            Fun in the snow! Snowy Dartmoor proves to be a 'smash' with the locals and visitors alike
                           Dartmoor's Churchyards. Paul Salmon takes a fascinating look at Dartmoor's history through its churchyards.

January            Happy New Year to all of our helpers!!! Rangers are assisted by many groups and this blog recognises all their help


2008

December        Tramping All Over Dartmoor. Getting to grips with all terrain buggies

November        Helping everyone look after Dartmoor. Out with the Bovey valley Volunteer Network

October            Wet and Wild on Dartmoor! Canoeing on the River Dart

September        Widecombe Fair  -  "Tom Pearce, Tom Pearce lend me your grey mare"…….. A wet and wild Widecombe Fair
                           You cant beat experience. Introducing Senior rangers to a new form of communication!

August                Smiling in the rain! What a wet summer means for Dartmoor.

July                     Light duties doesnt mean NO duties! Being office bound doesnt mean being inactive as a Ranger.

Page updated 24 June 2010